Game



Feb. 2 1926.

w. E. DIEGEL GAME Filed July 29, 1925 He. J

attorney;

Patented Feb, 2, lQZd.

WIIIFRID E. DIEGEL, OF RIVER ROUGE, MICHIGAN.

Genre.

Application filed. J u1y 29, 1925. Serial No. 46,742.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that WILFRID -DIEGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing. at River ltouge, in the county of Wayne and figtte of Michigan, has invented certain newand useful Improvements in Games, of

which the following is a specification.

This inventionis a'game adapted to be played by two or more persons, individually or paired as partners; and the main .object of the-game is to provide an entertaining and instructive apparatus-including a suitably stepped board having forty-eight holes therein representing the forty-eight States of the American Union, marbles to roll upon the said board, and ditlerently colored stops for the several players, for filling the holes of-the board after marbles lodge therein during the progress of the )lay'. I Another object is to provide a game board having-holes therein named after the several States of the American Union, marbles for the players successively to roll down the board, and differently colored stops for the various players to use in plugging up the holes into which the marbles roll during the course oil their playthe purpose of the game being to see which player or which partners can count the most stops in the said holes alter the holes are all plugged.

Other features of the game will appear in the course of the following specification with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a plan view of the board shoW- ing the layout of the game; 0

Figure 2 is a longitudinal, vertical section of the board;

Figure 3 is a detail of the tri -bar; Figure l is a detail of one of t e stops. This game includes a specifically con structed box-like structure 1, made up of a rectangular base 2 enclosed by side boards 3 of a suitable height. flight of steps 4 is arranged transversely Within the structure 1, these steps rising successively above one another from the ifoot section 5 of the structure up the opposite end 17. llhe up per surfaces ofthese steps are slightly sloped forwardly asclearly shown in Figure 2, so as to allow marbles readily toroll down trom the uppermost step down onto the base 52. lhe toot section 5 of the base 2 adjacent the lowermost step is divided by a transverse 6 into space 7 for idle stops or plugs and a lodging space 8 for marbles in use. As here shown, six of the steps 4 are provided, and in the upper surface of each step are out eight marble holes 9, making a total of forty-eight holes, or

one forj'each of the forty-eight United' States. The holes 9 are preferably cut in staggered relation upon the successive steps, as shown in Figure 1. It is obvious that the number of steps, as wellv as the number of holes in each step, may be varied, so long as the total number of holes remains at forty-eight. Adjacent these forty-eight holes are to be printed the names of the States of the United States, so that each State is represented on the board by a hole properly designated. .However, in addition to the forty-eight holes aforesaid, which may be termed State holes, there are also out upon certain of the steps two extra holes 10 and 11, adjacent one of which, as 10 is to be printed the Words Washington, D. C. and adjacent the other, as 11, the wordsl1ose one State. At the end 17 of the structure and back of the uppermost one of the steps. 4:, is arranged a marble ledge 12, the upper surface of which also slopes forwardly'to allow marbles placed thereon to roll ollf down the steps 4. A tri bar 13 is provided, the ends of which are bent sharply to one side, and is pivoted by pins It to the marble ledge 12 in such manner that the bar proper will lie along the outer or forward edge out the ledge 12, and yet may be readily raised, turning upon the pins i l, to allow marbles to roll thereunder and down the steps l.

A plurality of marbles 15 are provided. As

here shown, six marbles are represented, but

this number maybe variedat will. These marbles are adapted to be positioned on the ledge 152 back ofthe bar 13, where t -ey rest until raised. There are finally provided one hundred steps or stop blocks 16, the being divided into lots or twenty-live each, and each lot being colored a distinct color from the balance, ldy this current, either two, three or four play ay errage in the game, each player all too blocks of a certain color.

ame is each, player sue a placing all the marbles leach. the ",r'l upon the l2, and then raising l3 the marbles 15 to l down the ste s lln their travel, one more of them will fall into cert State holes plugs these holes with his stop blocks, which arepermitted to remain therein to the end of the play. Each successive player repeats the process. Should any marble lodge in the hole marked Washmgton, C. the

player is permitted to plug any vacant State hole he desires. Should a marble lodge in the hole marked Lose one State, he must withdraw onev of his stop-blocks from a State hole theretofore plugged by him (if any). The holes 10 and 11 are-never to be plugged. When all the State holes are plugged, thewinner is determined by countconstruct a practical device for the purpose intended, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim: v

l. A game, comprising in combinafibn a box-like structure; a flight of steps arranged within the structure, the said steps havlng a plurality of marble holes cut in their upper surfaces; a marble ledge extended adjacent the uppermost step; a trip bar pivotally mounted at the forward edge of the marble ledge; a plurality of stop-blocks adapted to fit into the said marble holes of the steps, the said blocks being divided into a plurality of differentiated lots; and a plu- LEWLIBE rality of marbles for positioning back of the said trip bar, and adapted to roll down the said steps and to fall into the said marble holes, when the trip bar is raised.

2. A game, comprising in combination a box-like structure; a series of steps mounted within the structure, there being cutin the within the structure, there being cut in the upper faces of the steps a number of marble holes totaling the number of States in the United States of America, the said holes to be labeled and designated after the names of the said States, and two extra marble holes, one of which is to be designated as Washington, D. C. and the other by the phrase Lose one State; a plurality of stop-blocksadapted to fit into said marble holes, the said blocks being difierentiated by their coloring into a plurality of lots to accommodate a plurality of players; a plurality of marbles adapted to fit into the marble holes; and means for releasably holding the marbles in position adjacent the upper step of the said series, so that when released they will roll down over the said steps.

In testimony whereofl afiix my signature.

WILFRID E. DIEGEL. 

